INTRODUCTION: Abdominal cocoon syndrome or peritonitis chronica fibrosaincapsulata’ is a rare condition that refers to total or partial encapsulation of the small bowel by a fibro-collagenous membrane with local inflammatory infiltrate leading to acute or chronic bowel obstruction.
PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 37years old male presented with sub-acute intestinal obstruction. Intra-operatively, the entire small bowel was found to be encapsulated in a dense fibrous sac. The peritoneal sac was excised,
Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the colonoscopy results of a singleJoint Advisory Group (JAG) UK accredited endoscopist and analysis of causes of failure of completion.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of prospective annual colonoscopy data of a designated accredited colonoscopist (April 2013 – 2014). Patient demography, completion rate indicated by caecal intubation and causes of incomplete cases were retrieved.
This data is compared to the key measurable quality indicator of ca
Introduction: Obesity is a significant problem in the United States, 34.9% of adults are obese1. With more than 100,000 patients undergoing bariatric surgery in the United States every year2, many post-operative patients are being managed by their primary care physicians.
In a survey of primary care and subspecialty physicians, primary care physicians are only moderately familiar with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines for bariatric surgery, and only moderately familiar with t
INTRODUCTION: GOSSYPIBOMA describes a mass within a patient’s body comprising a cotton matrix surrounded by a foreign body granuloma due to retained pieces of gauze; is an infrequent surgical complication & serious surgical malpractice resulting from negligence. Either detected early due an exudative inflammatory reaction with the formation of an abscess or can present late as a mass due to aseptic fibrotic reaction to the cotton material.
CASE REPORT: First case was that of a 45 year old male
Objective: To compare the clinical outcome and prognosis in patients with gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (Siewert type ? / ?) by transthoracic and transabdominal hiatal approaches.
Methods: 334 cases Siewert ?/? GEJ adenocarcinomas patients underwent different surgical procedures in Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University from July 2007 to July 2012 were analysed retrospectively. Of which 140 cases by transthoracic approach, 194 cases by transabdominal hiatal approach mainly underwe